For the first time in three years, my first book 'Best Website' has earned more money through Kindle sales than printed sales. This is definiately an amazing trend to be aware of moving forward.
For the first time in history, you don’t need to ask anyone to publish your book and make sales around the world. You can convert your Microsoft Word file directly into a Kindle Digital Text file for free and have direct access to the biggest bookstore anywhere, Amazon. (Click Here for instructions on how to convert your file and upload.)
If you sell a $9.99 Kindle book, as the author you keep $6.89. You don’t even need a full book to start, you can upload a short article called a Kindle Single and sell it at $2.99 and keep $2.10. It’s a brilliant way to get your feet wet in the digital publishing world.
Access to the market is no longer the hard part, it's once you get there, have you spent the time to create a hungry pool of fish ready to buy what you've written. That's the part that takes time, effort and energy.
It's about putting in the effort to build a website, write a blog, gain trust and create a true desire in people to buy from you what you've created.
In the case of my latest book 'Web Fluent' I ran a 99Designs design contest to create its front-cover for $199. Then I converted my Microsoft Word file into Kindle format; wrote a short blurb for what the book is about and uploaded it directly to Amazon along with my bank account info for direct deposit of royalty checks.
Then, since I've spent the time to build trust with my email list, I sent an email to my fans and POW! It has already snuck into the top 25 of the Amazon Web Marketing bestseller list.
However, it's not about the "Big Launch" to me, it's about consistently selling books that make a positive impact on peoples lives over the course of years. This is how wealth is built.
I'm humbly grateful my first book is still on both Printed and Kindle bestseller lists weekly, ..even though it came out three years ago.
Also, something very interesting about the Digital Publishing world as noted at the BookExpo Convention last month. While Amazon and it's Kindle currently hold about 65% of the ePublishing market, a surprise second is the Barnes & Nobles Nook which was widely ridiculed but now holds a commanding second place with approximately 25% of the market and iPad lagging with only 10%.
An area for opportunity; especially for new authors, is to go directly to the Nook and work hard there to make an impact. Many times in business the best place to make the most money is dominating a smaller market as apposed to being lost in a bigger one.
Side Note: I have an excellent Digital Publishing partnership available directly with me. You can buy the international rights to my new book, 'Web Fluent: The Faster, Easier Way to Build Your Web Business'.
I'll then build you an exact duplicate of BestWebsite.com showing you as the owner. Then, the new website will be set up to specifically target a different marketplace like the lucrative United Kingdom, Australia, Germany, France or anywhere else.
The reason to have separate international websites is that the search engine algorithms are so specific, it needs separate websites targeting them. (Update: I've sold the Australian and Spanish American rights.)
It's a great way for me to reach into international markets and have a presence and a great way for you to jump directly into the online publishing revolution without having to build a website from scratch, write a book or learn the search engine optimization to gain the traffic to sell books. I can show you all of that and I'll help you as long as you need me there.
The site can be ready to launch in two-weeks and will earn between $2,500-$10,000/mo in profit. You'll need $5k to invest and a willingness to run a Web business 5-10 hours a week for the first three months. After that you can for the most part leave it alone, because the work will have been done to create the consistent traffic.
So why not hire someone to help me launch internationally? I love the simplicity I've been able to create with my Web business. I make the money I need through book royalties and consulting. Adding employees isn't something that interests me. I would much prefer work directly with other entrepreneurs on partnerships like this, where the Partner has the final responsibility but in return also has ownership and control of the asset.
Contact me at nelson@bestwebsite.com or 407-963-7331 for more info.
